Ya, agreed. Gerymandering has pretty significant effects, doesn't it? The presidential and senate elections aren't affected by gerrymandering, but the federal congress and the state legislature are heavily affected by it. I didn't say the majority of the state are (or vote for) Republicans, I said the Republicans control the state. There is a distinct difference.

Controlling the governorship is not tantamount to controlling the state. The state legislature will continue to be majority republican.

Republicans believe in states rights, which means minimal federal government. They do NOT believe in "minimal government" as you called it. Republicans in state positions are VERY heavy-handed.

And yes, Republicans control Michigan which is not likely to change anytime soon. That said, even if they didn't, auto mfg is the big industry here and most politicians R or D are not likely to do anything that would harm that industry, especially right now after they have just recently "recovered."

From what I've read, HBO is considering offering its service as an add-on for you ISP (who is often-times also your cable company). So, while this is slightly better, it's actually bad news because it's entirely possible and probable that ISPs will start bundling gold and platinum packages with HBO, Netflix, Hulu, whatever.

I don't know, I guess I could just see this going really badly even though it sounds like a good thing at the moment.

That is a quote from Christy Jones, founder of Extend Fertility, a company that offers and promotes egg freezing across the country. That is NOT a quote from Apple or Facebook.

he'll be the target of every shifty technology company on the planet, who will steal it, and will patent it on their own.

or just destroy it, because it's not good for their stock numbers.

there are many that consider us humans to be pests

Many what? Other humans? Aliens? This doesn't make any sense.

WP 8 and 8.1 are WAY better than WM6. Have you tried using a windows phone lately? It's actually a very good experience. Even Apple fanbois are starting to convert.

What do you expect the executive branch to do, if not to execute?

The parent to my post said

I thought that applied only to small companies that were indistinguishable from their owners and their families

which does not make any distinction about a business being privately owned. So, I don't see why you would make that distinction in this context.

The reason no one heads to Canada for medical treatment is that they wouldn't be covered and would have to pay out of pocket.

Seems obvious, doesn't it? Yet still posts like the GP show up all the time...

Reasonable grammar is for conformist sheep!

I'm guessing the reference is to Hobby Lobby, which is not really a small business.

I want to agree with you so badly but this line is unforgivable:

You wrecked the economy, crushed the housing market, and saddled me with student loans that can never be forgiven and that will garnish my wages even after death.

I don't know who you think "you" is but when I'm reading it, it's me, and I resent that you would try to blame me for these and one of them, I resent that you'd try to blame anyone other than yourself. It's unfortunate you took that approach because the rest of your post was fairly reasonable.

Doesn't this artificially inflate album sales for U2? I mean, it sounds like iTunes has record of millions of customers "purchasing" their new album. Sure, it was $0 but the charts don't ever talk about how much the average price for an album is.